Per a report from The Athletic, the cost to trade Mrazek could be prohibitive for the Leafs
It's been known for months that the Leafs want to shed Petr Mrazek's contract given how things went this past season. The issue the Leafs have is that he has two years remaining on his deal and his contract is backloaded.
Mrazek has two years left on his deal, and although his cap hit is $3.8M, the actual cash owed to him the next two seasons is $4.2M and $4.4M, making low budget teams like Arizona and Ottawa, who use bad contracts to hit the cap floor, unlikely candidates to take on the extra cash.
Regardless of who the Leafs find to take on the Czech goaltender's deal, The Athletic reported yesterday that it could cost the Leafs one of their top prospects in Nick Robertson or Nick Abruzzese as a sweetener in a trade to rid themselves of Mrazek's contract.
Given that Dubas said he wants to see his prospects start producing and holding spots at the NHL level, and given that the prospect pool is thinner than it should be (thanks to poor drafting from Mark Hunter), it's possible that the Leafs buyout Mrazek instead. The Leafs have until July 12th to decide if they want to buyout his contract should they be unable to trade him. It's going to be a long month for Dubas and company, figuring out what to do to create more cap space.
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JUIN 8 | 223 ANSWERS Per a report from The Athletic, the cost to trade Mrazek could be prohibitive for the Leafs Is a buyout the better option for the Leafs on Petr Mrazek's deal? (~$1M year one, ~$833K year 2, ~$1.43M years 3 and 4) | ||
| Yes, a buyout is a better option | 99 | 44.4 % |
| No, we're fine to include a prospect to move him | 88 | 39.5 % |
| Other | 36 | 16.1 % |
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